2nd Alarm Structure Fire - Oak Park

[11/5/22 - Oak Park, CA]
At approximately 2:25pm VCFD LAFD VCSO and CHP responded to a Structure Fire on Satinwood Ave in the area of Kanan Rd. and Smoketree Ave.
Dispatch received multiple calls of smoke in the area and a well involved structure fire. Medic Engine 36 was first on scene and requested a second alarm due to the intensity of the blaze.
Fire Crews made quick work of the fire, with interior exposures and threat to neighboring structures.
Two off duty firefighters were at a nearby kids soccer game when they saw the plume of smoke. They rushed over to the first in engine and assisted them with supply lines and the deck cannon.
The fire was knocked down in about 45 minutes with no damage to neighboring structures.
There was one patient who was treated and transported to the hospital for smoke inhalation.

[@andrewdubick4138]

Absolutely no need for deck gun. Fire never came through the roof!

[@JB91710]

Even if it did, a stream from the ground would get hardly any water on all the burning material that was hidden by the roof. This was an interior, through the ceiling attack for any attic extension.

[@JBart3112]

WTF was the guy in the tank top doing directing the deck gun on this?
How do you let something like that happen on the fireground?

[@CyclingSasquatch]

Strange application for a deck gun.

[@tubelooker71]

Use of the deck gun isn’t commonly seen. Can someone with experience explain why or was used there?

[@tubelooker71]

Especially the early use. With the water supply connected later I understand a little bit more.

[@placer70]

If this fire was isolated in the attic and not the living space, its best to leave the interior ceiling in tact and get water into the attic space to create steam conversion to suppress or keep the fire in check until additional resources arrive at scene. The deck gun stream was being directed into the small attic vents in the front gable areas of the residence to accomplish this from what I see to get further reach into the attic space. Look up Isolated Attic Fires by the Phoenix Fire Department for a great description.

[@tubelooker71]

@@placer70 thank you!

[@virgilhilts3924]

@@placer70
Utter nonsense

[@johnpotts8719]

Those seem like pretty small attic vents together any water in.

[@Novica_2005]

Nice video👍🤗

[@shenandoahmike3915]

Please tell me this is not a California fire dept!

[@dorothydromgoole8040]

Oak Park, isn't that in Sacramento? Just wondering. Love from Marysville, California

[@mikefargo4339]

NO.... Ventura County (Thousand Oaks area)

[@dorothydromgoole8040]

@@mikefargo4339 Oh, okay, thanks, I appreciate it. I didn't know, there's an Oak Park here in Northern California it's in Sacramento.